Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Em♯5E Minor Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · Notes G♯ · B · E

How to play it

Em♯5 fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 5 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 x 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 5 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 5 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Read it as tab

Em♯5 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 x x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 2 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 5 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 x 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 5 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 2 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 5 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 2 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How Em♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1

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